Bug 2271717 (CVE-2023-42843) - CVE-2023-42843 webkit: visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing
Summary: CVE-2023-42843 webkit: visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar s...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-42843
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2271721 2274441
Blocks: 2270297
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-03-27 03:23 UTC by TEJ RATHI
Modified: 2024-04-12 09:21 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: WebKitGTK 2.44.0
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A flaw was found in WebKit that may allow a remote attacker to conduct spoofing attacks by exploiting an inconsistent user interface issue. By tricking a victim into visiting a specially crafted website, the attacker could perform address bar spoofing.
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Description TEJ RATHI 2024-03-27 03:23:11 UTC 
Visiting a malicious website may lead to address bar spoofing. An inconsistent user interface issue was addressed with improved state management.

WebKit Bugzilla: 260046

Versions affected: WebKitGTK and WPE WebKit before 2.44.0.
  
WebKitGTK Advisory URL: https://webkitgtk.org/security/WSA-2024-0002.html
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2024-03-27 03:23:34 UTC 
Created webkitgtk tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2271721]
Comment 3 TEJ RATHI 2024-04-11 05:29:22 UTC 
Created webkit2gtk4.0 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-rawhide [bug 2274441]
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